{"nrhp_refnum":"02000589","name":"Arnheim","other_names":["26-0002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 Dalton Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Radford","county":"Radford","state":"VA","lat":37.13646033200007,"lon":-80.56868078499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Arnheim is a two-story, three-bay Flemish bond brick house at 40 Dalton Drive in Radford, Virginia, built 1838-1840 as the home of Dr. John Blair Radford and his wife Elizabeth Campbell Taylor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for local significance under Criterion A for community planning and development, because Dr. Radford helped establish Central Depot and bring the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, and the city is named for him. Under Criterion C it is a rare Federal/Greek Revival house in a style more typical of Tidewater and Piedmont plantation houses, and it is the oldest surviving brick dwelling in Radford.","narrative":"Arnheim is a red brick house overlooking the New River Valley in Radford, Virginia. Dr. John Blair Radford, a physician and farmer, and his wife Elizabeth Campbell Taylor built it between 1838 and 1840 on land from her family. The 40-foot-square house has a four-room plan with no central passage, a hip roof of slate shingles, and Federal mantels. Reportedly, the bricks were made on site. Dr. Radford was a leading figure in the growth of the hamlet of Lovely Mount into Central Depot, later the city of Radford, and he promoted the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and later coal-related railroad ventures. The family kept the house through three generations until it was sold to the city in 1931. In 1939 it became a home economics annex for Radford High School, with new wings, porches and a relocated staircase. It was vacated in the 1990s and is now being readied for use as a city history museum. It is the oldest surviving brick dwelling in Radford.","period_of_significance":"1840-1931","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Vacated in the early 1990s when the school program ended; owned by the Radford City School Board and being prepared for restoration as a city history museum under the Radford Heritage Foundation.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.084474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/6828/41682813/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/02000589.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000589/246f558358-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000589/246f558358-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kim Lester","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amhein,_Radford_Va.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kim Lester</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amhein,_Radford_Va.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682813","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnheim_(Radford,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16161685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/radford/arnheim-02000589/"}